Livingston vs Walker

A side-by-side comparison of Livingston and Walker: population, income, housing, and more.

Livingston and Walker are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Walker has the higher population (6,385 vs 1,860 in Livingston). Walker has the higher median household income ($84,912 vs $78,056 in Livingston). Walker has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $197,600 in Livingston).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston	Walker
Population	1,860	6,385
Median age	38.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,056	$84,912
Median home value	$197,600	$221,500
Median gross rent	$806	$1,114
Housing units	730	2,498
Homeownership rate	75.4%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston	Walker
Population	1,844 → 1,860 (+0.9%)	6,261 → 6,385 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$54,781 → $78,056 (+42.5%)	$60,485 → $84,912 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$151,000 → $197,600 (+30.9%)	$166,500 → $221,500 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $806 (-4.6%)	$809 → $1,114 (+37.7%)

Livingston

Population

1,8441,860

Median household income

$54,781$78,056

Median home value

$151,000$197,600

Median gross rent

$845$806

Walker

Population

6,2616,385

Median household income

$60,485$84,912

Median home value

$166,500$221,500

Median gross rent

$809$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Livingston	Walker
Under 5	5.3%	9.8%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.5%
35 to 44	16.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.2%
75 and over	6.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	82.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston	Walker
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	41.0%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston	Walker
Drove alone	84.5%	88.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	7.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston	Walker
1-unit, detached	71.6%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Livingston	Walker
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1989	1999